Status: Hearing postponed Doros Polykarpou 12 February 2025Human rights defender Doros Polykarpou’s hearing postponed for the fourth time Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Cyprus
Status: Abducted Yambem Laba 11 February 2025Human rights defender Yambem Laba abducted by an armed group in Manipur Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Conditional release Rasoul Bodaghi 7 February 2025Rasoul Bodaghi released from prison conditionally Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Arbitrary detention Mario Gómez López 7 February 2025Arbitrary detention and criminalisation of indigenous maya Tsotsil defender Mario Gómez López Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Americas #Mexico
Status: Imprisoned Zia Nabavi 6 February 2025Zia Nabavi’s one-year additional prison sentence from 2021 to come into effect Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Released Ismail Lghazaoui 5 February 2025Ismail Lghazaoui released from prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Morocco
Status: Released Forough Samienia 5 February 2025Forough Samienia released conditionally from prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Released Diala Ayesh 31 January 2025Diala Ayesh released from prison Violations #Verbal Abuse #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status: Imprisoned Mohammad Reza Faghihi 30 January 2025Mohammad Reza Faghihi begins serving five-year prison sentence Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Threats Néstor Caicedo 20 January 2025New threats against human rights and nature defender Néstor Caicedo Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Americas #Ecuador
Status: Upcoming hearing Alejandro Laínez García 15 January 2025Upcoming hearing on the reopening of the criminalisation case against Santa Marta community leaders and environmental defenders Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Americas #El Salvador